Date: February 15, 2011
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Location:Conference Center at Waltham Woods
860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451
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What the Great Masters of Art Can Teach Us About a New Coaching Paradigm
Presentation Summary:
The Great Masters of Art are not only great artists, they are great teachers for those who wish to learn how to navigate change with creativity, vitality and meaning. Fred Mandell will share some of these concepts, techniques and strategies drawn from his breakthrough book, co-authored with Kathleen Jordan, Becoming a Life Change Artist; 7 Creative Skills to Reinvent Yourself at Any Stage of Life, published August 2010 by The Penguin Group. Through the use of creative exercises, dialogue, group learning and lecturettes Fred will show you how to infuse commonplace situations with fresh energy, insight and originality. His emphasis on skills based creative life change has earned accolades from Dan Pink to Marshall Goldsmith.
You will take away:
- An understanding of the 4 Dimensions of Life Change and the 7 Creative Skills
- New ways to look at the challenge of life change
- Creative techniques and strategies to use in the coaching relationship
- A new language to help you and your clients shape creative change
Speaker Bio:
Fred Mandell has earned a reputation as a highly innovative business leader, author, widely collected sculptor and painter and catalyst for personal change.
He has helped thousands of individuals and their organizations internationally to develop their creative skills and enhance their personal and professional growth.
A highly regarded speaker and teacher, Fred s insights have moved thousands to view their lives and work in new ways. As a result of his coaching, mentoring and consulting he has been called “a great compass” and “life changer”. His keynotes have included: “Leonardo da Vinci s Secret: What the Great Masters of Art Can Teach Us Business Folks about Innovation, Leadership and the Bottom Line”, “Can an Organization Have a Soul?”, “Leadership Is Like Beauty: You Can t Define It But You Know It When You See It. The Financial Planning Association subsequently invited Fred to record his Leonardo da Vinci s Secret presentation for distribution to its 25,000+ membership.
Fred s life and work has been featured in the Public Television Series Boomers; Redefining Life After 50. In addition he has been featured or quoted in numerous national newspapers, magazine and TV media related to leadership, change and creativity, including Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Conference Board, Money Magazine, Boomer Media Properties, WGBH TV, Journal of Financial Planning, and publications of the Center for Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship.
As an artist Fred has been featured in the national publication Gallery Guide. He has had one person shows at: Ford Center Gallery, Minneapolis, Imagine Fine Art Gallery, Rhode Island, Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley, MA, Martins Gallery, South Africa., and has participated in numerous juried shows. His sculptures, paintings and drawings are in private and corporate collections. Most recently his bronze self portrait has been commissioned to be featured on the poster for the international conference on The Self/Le Soi co-sponsored by the University of Chicago and the Sorbonne Fred holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago and an Ed.M. in psychology from Boston University. He has three grown children and lives in Needham, Massachusetts with his wife Karen, a writer and teacher.
CCEUs for Fred Mandell’s workshop:
1.00 in Core Competencies and 1.00 in Other tools & skills
